My drawings have to be quick. If they don't happen in 20 minutes or a half hour, then they're no good. Ellsworth Kelly drawinggoodhalf Change image and share on social
I only like artists older than myself. Time is so important. It's always been the same way, I guess. Ellsworth Kelly artistguessimportant Change image and share on social
I was taught to draw very well when I was in school at Boston. And I grew to enjoy drawing so much that I never stopped. Ellsworth Kelly bostondrawenjoy Change image and share on social
I've always wanted... I wanted to give people joy. Ellsworth Kelly givehavejoy Change image and share on social
Shading is more like copying. And certainly I do copy, but I'm making drawings, and I'm not trying to make them with the shading. Ellsworth Kelly copydrawingmake Change image and share on social
I sometimes don't try to invent something. I wait for some kind of a direction - and it happens. I get an angle, for instance, and it just appears, and I say, 'Oh my God - that's it!' Ellsworth Kelly angleappeardirection Change image and share on social
All my paintings are usually done in drawing form, very small. I make notations in drawings first, and then I make a collage for color. But drawing is always my notation. Ellsworth Kelly collagecolordraw Change image and share on social
Gray goes with gold. Gray goes with all colors. I've done gray-and-red paintings, and gray and orange go so well together. It takes a long time to make gray because gray has a little bit of color in it. Ellsworth Kelly bitecolorgold share on social
I'm constantly investigating nature - nature, meaning everything. Ellsworth Kelly constantlyinvestigatemean Change image and share on social
I said, I don't want to paint things like Picasso's women and Matisse's odalisques lying on couches with pillows. I don't want to paint people. I want to paint something I have never seen before. I don't want to make what I'm looking at. I want the fragments. Ellsworth Kelly couchfragmentlie share on social
